She thought it was a little strange when she caught a glimpse of him when she was dropping her daughter off for primary school, the hallucination part of her grieving stopped years ago. It was becoming more and more strange as she saw the back of him or his hands in the crowd, she didn't understand why she was, all of a sudden, seeing Severus. Who was, of course, dead.
It all became too much when she was waving goodbye to her retreating daughter at the school gates, and the dark figure stepped out, finally showing himself to Andromeda. She gulped and closed her eyes, trying to wish him away. She shook her head, she was going insane. Her eyes flew open;
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" He moved closer and she was getting distraught. She had spent years trying to cope with his death, and now his spirit was taunting her. What did she ever do to him? She never became a bad wife, so why was his ghost stalking her. She took in another deep breath and shouted again;
"YOU'RE NOT REAL! STOP TORTURING ME!" Her tears were now streaming down her face like a waterfall and the figure did not stop approaching her. She kept whispering, "You're not real, you're not real," When he finally got to her, he took her face in his hands, his onyx eyes penetrating hers with an understanding look. His hands felt so real, and that just made it all the worse for her, harder for her to forget. He wiped her tears and then pressed his lips to her forehead, softly;
"Andy I'm back. I promise you, I'm real." That is when he kissed her lips, their first kiss in four years and it was glorious. As her arms wound around his neck, and she jumped into his arms, she didn't care for the children and parents watching her snog her husband rather thoroughly. She pulled back, tears filling her eyes, and she merely whispered;
"Why?"
So he took her home, unclothed himself and then her, leading her to the bed. He kissed her more gently then he ever had, and loved her more passionately then he knew he could. He touched every inch of her body, afraid that she still thought it wasn't real and then he spoke, as they lay in the darkness;
"The remaining Death Eaters threatened me. They needed my help. I couldn't say no. I had to fake my death in case I... never came back..." He was silent for a moment before kissing her lightly, and pulling her body into the protection of his arms;
"I did it for you."